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Roman Safiullin#182 def. Jozef Kovalik#127

6-1 6-7(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2021
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	Q3
Winner	Roman Safiullin
Score	6-1 6-7(3) 6-3
Loser	Jozef Kovalik
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Roman Safiullin	Jozef Kovalik
Aces	6	9
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	68	58
First serve points won %	69	59
Second serve points won %	64	58
Break points saved %	80	60
Break points converted %	40	20
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roman Safiullin	Jozef Kovalik
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Aug 7, 1997	Nov 4, 1992
Age	23	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	182	127
Ranking points (entering)	393	634
Elo (entering)	1,592	1,588
Career W-L	53–72	26–46
Career earnings	$4,170,878	$2,291,625

Pre-match H2H

Roman Safiullin 0 – 0 Jozef Kovalik

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2021	Q2	Liam Broady	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2021	Q1	Guido Andreozzi	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2021	R128	Carlos Taberner	7-6(4) 1-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2021	Q2	Ernesto Escobedo	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2021	Q1	Tristan Lamasine	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data